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1 Black Zone 3:06
2 Break Day 3:34
3 Tower 1 5:04
4 Vigil-Anti 4:24
5 A Lust For Powder 3:16
6 Poppy Day 4:00
7 Tower 2 3:56
8a Astrid
Vocals [Vox] – Lily AK*
4:33
8b Rope & Glory
9 Tower 3 4:04
10a Tower 4 6:53
10b Tower 5

Credits

  • Bass – Roland Callaway
  • Cover – Stephan Barbery
  • Engineer [The Sound] – Pat Bermingham
  • Guitar – Stret Majest
  • Keyboards [Keys] – The Silverman
  • Keyboards [Keys], Vocals [Vox] – April Iliffe
  • Violin – Patrick Q. Wright*
  • Vocals [Vox], Keyboards [Keys] – Edward Ka-Spel

Notes

Available from Bandcamp.

Release notes taken verbatim from the site:

1984 (how fitting....)
It was probably the sight of Margaret Thatcher talking on the television about her "good friend Mr. Pinochet..." that sparked the idea for The Tower.
At that instant you kind of sensed what this monster really wanted to do with the rioters, anarchists , welfare seekers, travellers, punks.....ah ,no need to go on.Some long to play in stadiums, some prefer to fill them in darker ways.
A lot of us actually longed for a female premier before Thatcher came along. It was a wish for a gentler Britain, a place that only seemed to exist on old radio programmes .You're right....a green and pleasant land.
Thatcher sent out the message that it was somehow ok to be greedy, and look how the idea caught on..... It pervades and perverts to this very day.It has brought continents to their knees and still there are those
who profit from the situation.
"The Tower" refers to the famous monument in London where many were locked up and many lost their heads over the centuries.It is now a popular tourist attraction.

Several editions of "The Tower" have emerged over the years with four different covers. We chose Stephan Barbery's fabulous art for the second edition as it's our favourite and fits the music so well.

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
PHA 3 The Legendary Pink Dots The Tower ‎(LP, Album) In Phaze Records PHA 3 UK 1984
none Legendary Pink Dots* The Tower ‎(10xFile, FLAC, Album, RM) Not On Label (The Legendary Pink Dots Self-Released) none Netherlands 2012
none, SOL 41 Legendary Pink Dots* The Tower ‎(LP, Album, Ltd, Pic, RE, Gat) Terminal Kaleidoscope, Soleilmoon Recordings none, SOL 41 Netherlands 2011
8483412 The Legendary Pink Dots The Tower ‎(CD, Album, RE) Big Blue Records 8483412 Poland 2006
TK 003 The Legendary Pink Dots The Tower ‎(LP, Album, RE) Terminal Kaleidoscope TK 003 Belgium 1986


Legendary Pink Dots - The Tower

Performer: Legendary Pink Dots

Album Title: The Tower

Genre: Electronic, Rock

Label: Not On Label (The Legendary Pink Dots Self-Date of released) ‎– none
Type: 10 x File, ALAC, Album, Reissue, Remastered
Country: Netherlands
Date of released: 10 Jul 2012
Category: Electronic, Rock
Style: Experimental, Synth-pop, Prog Rock, Avantgarde

MP3 album zip size: 1241 mb

FLAC album zip size: 1687 mb

Rating: 3.7 / 5

Votes: 379

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